BILL NUMBER: ACR 61	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Villines

                        APRIL 16, 2009

   Relative to the Deputy David G. Graves Memorial Freeway.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 61, as introduced, Villines. Deputy David G. Graves Memorial
Freeway.
   This measure would designate a specified portion of State Highway
Route 41 in Fresno and Madera Counties as the Deputy David G. Graves
Memorial Freeway. The measure would also request the Department of
Transportation to determine the cost for appropriate signs showing
this special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate
sources covering that cost, erect those signs.
   Fiscal committee: yes.



   WHEREAS, Deputy David G. Graves of the Fresno County Sheriff's
Office was killed on November 5, 1982, while in performance of his
duties to the citizens he was sworn to protect; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Graves was a native of Fresno, and a graduate of
Hoover High School and Fresno City College; and
   WHEREAS, Before entering law enforcement, Deputy Graves worked as
a general contractor and operated his own construction business; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Graves joined the Fresno County Sheriff's Office
in 1979, having served as a volunteer in the Sheriff's Search and
Rescue Unit for two years prior to becoming a deputy, and was
assigned to the patrol division; and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Graves was a dedicated officer who served his
community and loved his profession; and
   WHEREAS, On November 5, 1982, Deputy Graves was on routine patrol
on Shaw Avenue in Fresno west of State Highway Route 99 in a marked
patrol vehicle when his vehicle was struck by a pickup truck driven
by an intoxicated 28-year-old Clovis man that had run a stop sign,
with the collision resulting in severe head injuries to Deputy Graves
that led to his death prior to arrival at the Valley Medical Center;
and
   WHEREAS, Deputy Graves is survived by his loving wife Karen, his
two daughters Kelly and Christine, his father Gordon Graves, his
stepmother Betty Graves, his sister Mary Graves, his brother Steve
Graves, and a large extended family; and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate to designate a portion of State Highway
Route 41 in Fresno and Madera Counties in the honor and memory of
Deputy Graves, in order to commemorate his sacrifice and the
sacrifices made by California peace officers throughout this state
who risk their lives daily to protect citizens' lives; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the portion of State Highway Route 41 from
Herndon Avenue in the City of Fresno to Avenue 10 in Madera County is
hereby designated as the Deputy David G. Graves Memorial Freeway;
and be it further
   Resolved, That the Department of Transportation is requested to
determine the cost of appropriate signs, consistent with the signing
requirements for the state highway system, showing the special
designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources
covering that cost, to erect those signs; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the Department of Transportation and to the author
for appropriate distribution.